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Koichi Sakamoto
is a Japanese film and television director, stunt performer and coordinator, fight choreographer and producer. He is best known for his work in the tokusatsu genre, particularly for the ''Power Rangers'', ''Super Sentai'' and ''Kamen Rider'' franchises. Biography Early life and career Sakamoto was born in Tokyo in 1970. As a child, he was an avid fan of early tokusatsu shows, which led him to take an interest in martial arts. In 1979, he saw the Jackie Chan film '' Drunken Master'', which led him to take a particular interest in kung fu and gymnastics, though he did not get to learn kung fu until he was older. Sakamoto graduated from Higashiayase junior high and high school in Adachi, Tokyo, and went on to graduate from Matsudo Senshu University. Sakamoto studied under Yasuaki Kurata, and worked to become a stunt performer for Blue Mask on '' Hikari Sentai Maskman'' at live stunt shows, performing at Kōrakuen Stadium and Tokyo Dome. He came to the United States in 1989 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikari Sentai Maskman
is a Japanese Tokusatsu television show and Toei's eleventh entry of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired on TV Asahi from February 28, 1987, to February 20, 1988, replacing '' Choushinsei Flashman'' and was replaced by ''Choujyu Sentai Liveman'' with a total of 51 episodes. Its international English title as listed by Toei is simply ''Maskman''. It was the first Super Sentai series that showcased each members having their own individual vehicles that forms their robot (previous shows had robots, but any ranger could pilot any robot), and the first in which five robots combined to form a larger robot (previous series had only 2 or 3 robots combining to form a larger robot). It also introduced non-Japanese martial arts discipline. Plot Commander Sugata is a scientist and sage who excels in mental reinforcements and is a master of every martial arts discipline. He discovered the existence of the Underground Empire Tube, a once peaceful kingdom that has turned into a malignant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Rangers Ninja Storm
''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'' is a television series and the eleventh season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 26th Super Sentai series '' Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger''. The season marked a series of firsts in the franchise, being that it was the first to be filmed in New Zealand,Moore, J. (2025). ''Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World''. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. the first to not be produced by MMPR Productions, and the first to air on ABC Kids in its entirety, debuting on February 15, 2003. It was also the last season to have theme music done by Jeremy Sweet, who had been working on most of the show's themes since '' Power Rangers Zeo''. Synopsis In the city of Blue Bay Harbor, Shane Clarke, Tori Hanson and Dustin Brooks are three students at the Wind Ninja Academy. Their less than stellar performance and tardiness gets them the occasional lecture from their Sensei, Kanoi Watanabe. One day, the academy is attacked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, as an animation studio, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Oliver Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it later operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before adopting its current name in 1986. In 1928, Disney established itself as a leader in the animation industry with the short film ''Steamboat Willie.'' The film used synchronized sound to become the first post-produced sound cartoon, and popularized Mickey Mouse, who became Disney's mascot and corporate icon. After becoming a success by the early 1940s, Disney diversified into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. However, following Walt Disney's death in 1966, the company's profits, especially in the animation sector, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The Geography of New Zealand, country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. Capital of New Zealand, New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Rangers In Space
''Power Rangers in Space'' is a television series and the sixth season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 21st Super Sentai series '' Denji Sentai Megaranger''. ''In Space'' was a turning point for the Power Rangers franchise, as the season brought closure to six seasons of plot, and it ended the practice of having regular cast members act in consecutive seasons - which had been in existence since 1993. The theme of this series, and its successor, the '' Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'', bears little similarity to their Sentai counterparts. The sixth series also marked the final regular appearances of Tracy Lynn Cruz, Patricia Ja Lee, Roger Velasco, and Selwyn Ward, as well as the conclusion of Zordon's story that has been significant in the previous six seasons. Plot Picking up where '' Power Rangers Turbo'' left off, Dark Specter has captured Zordon and is beginning to drain his powers. An assortment of old and new villains praise his victory, but an unexpected fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countdown To Destruction
''Power Rangers in Space'' is a television series and the sixth season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 21st Super Sentai series ''Denji Sentai Megaranger''. ''In Space'' was a turning point for the Power Rangers franchise, as the season brought closure to six seasons of plot, and it ended the practice of having regular cast members act in consecutive seasons - which had been in existence since 1993. The theme of this series, and its successor, the ''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'', bears little similarity to their Sentai counterparts. The sixth series also marked the final regular appearances of Tracy Lynn Cruz, Patricia Ja Lee, Roger Velasco, and Selwyn Ward, as well as the conclusion of Zordon's story that has been significant in the previous six seasons. Plot Picking up where ''Power Rangers Turbo'' left off, Dark Specter has captured Zordon and is beginning to drain his powers. An assortment of old and new villains praise his victory, but an unexpected figure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
''Mighty Power Rangers'' (''MMPR'') is an American superhero television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids programming block. It is the first entry of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, and became a 1990s popular culture, pop culture phenomenon along with a large line of toys, action figures, and other merchandise. The show adapted stock footage from Japanese television series ''Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger'' (1992–1993), which was the 16th installment of Toei Company, Toei's ''Super Sentai'' franchise. The second and third seasons of the show drew elements and stock footage from ''Gosei Sentai Dairanger'' and ''Ninja Sentai Kakuranger'', respectively, though the ''Zyuranger'' costumes were still used for the lead cast. The series was produced and distributed by BVS Entertainment, Saban Entertainment, while the show's toy line was produced and distributed by Bandai. It was followed in 1996 by a mini-series titled ''Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers''. While a gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VR Troopers
''VR Troopers'' is a syndicated live-action superhero-adventure television series produced and distributed by Saban Entertainment from 1994 to 1996. The show tried to profit from the fascination with virtual reality in the mid-1990s as well as the success of Saban's other property, ''Power Rangers''. ''VR Troopers'' was the first official "sister series" to ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers''. Much like it, this was an Americanization of a Japanese tokusatsu children's program series by Toei Company. The series is a co-production of Toei and Cyberprod. The show featured early CGI and video effects mixed with Japanese stock footage from three different ''Metal Hero Series'': '' Metalder'', '' Spielban'' and '' Shaider''. On May 7, 2010, the copyright for ''VR Troopers'' was transferred from BVS Entertainment to Saban Capital Group. In 2018, the rights were transferred to Hasbro, as part of the acquisition of the ''Power Rangers'' brand, which included related intellectual property ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saban Entertainment
BVS Entertainment, Inc., previously known as Saban Productions, Saban Entertainment and Saban International, is a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company. Founded on April 24, 1980, as a music production company by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, it slowly transitioned to or gravitated towards television production and distribution (marketing), distribution, where it is most known for producing and distributing children's television series, children's programs for Freeform (TV channel), Fox Family/ABC Family and defunct channels Fox Kids and Jetix. The company imported, Dubbing (filmmaking), dubbed and adapted various media formats from Japan such as ''Maple Town'', ''Noozles'', ''Funky Fables'', ''Samurai Pizza Cats'', and the first three ''Digimon'' series to North American and international markets over syndication, including both animation and live-action shows. Saban also adapted various tokusatsu shows from Toei Company, including ''Power Rangers'' (based on the ''Super Sentai'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suit Actor
A is a member of, usually, a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' production who works similar to a stunt performer. However, the suit actor does all of their stunts while in a full costume that normally obscures their identity (typically the transformed character) from the viewer, and the actor's voice is dubbed during . The word is typically used when discussing Japanese stunt performers and is rarely used in any other context. Overview A suit actor portrays characters that are inhuman in appearance, such as henshin (i.e., transforming heroes), kaiju, and robots, by wearing a performance costume. Notable examples include Haruo Nakajima,Kawakita, Kōichi (February 20, 1999). ''Nihon tokusatsu eiga zukan : tōhōhen Best54''. Tōkyō: Seibidō Shuppan. . the first suit actor to play Godzilla (later succeeded by Kenpachiro Satsuma for the Heisei films) and Ben Chapman, who portrayed the Gill-man in ''Creature From the Black Lagoon''. Within the genre of transforming heroes, past producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Hero
''Dark Hero'' is a 1946 thriller by Peter Cheyney featuring a Chicago gangster involved in the gang wars of the 1930s, who during the Second World War finds himself in Nazi-occupied Norway and becomes a hero of the anti-Nazi resistance - by applying essentially the same skills which had made him a successful and feared gangster. The book's nonlinear narrative shifts and jumps back and forth between pre-war Chicago, wartime Norway, the Nazi concentration camp where the protagonist ended after being captured by the Gestapo, and London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ... in the immediate aftermath of the war - where he seeks to exact deadly revenge on those who betrayed him to the Nazis. Events and characters from the different periods - and in particular, the differe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
